To:THE COMMISSARIATS FOR EDUCATION AND PROPERTIES OF THE REPUBLIC

Written:Written on June 15, 1918Published:First published in 1933 inLenin Miscellany XXI.

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Youare directed to submit information without delay
as to what exactly has been done to implement the decree
of 13. IV. 1918, particularly in regard to
1) the removal
of old monuments,
2) their replacement by new monuments,
at least temporary ones, and
3) the replacement of old
inscriptions on public buildings by new ones (§ 5 of the
decree).[2]

Thetwo months’ procrastination in carrying out the
decree—important both as propaganda and as providing
work to the unemployed—is unpardonable.

Chairman,C.P.C.[1]

[1]Thereis a typewritten text of this document on C.P.C.
notepaper, signed by Lenin, which, was sent to the People’s Commissariat
for Education.—Ed.

[2]Thisrefers to the decree “On the Monuments of the Republic”,
adopted at a sitting of the Council of People’s Commissars on
April 12, 1918 (see this volume, Document 75 and Note 47).